By Toni Guagenti Correspondent
The image of downtown Salt Lake City as a hub for arts and culture is coming into focus. Planning efforts are under way by the Salt Lake Chamber and Downtown Alliance to transform the two downtown blocks bordered by 100 South, State Street, 200 South and West Temple into an epicenter for arts, culture and entertainment.
Since the Renys department store left five years ago for a larger space in Saco, its Main Street storefront has remained quiet and vacant. That will soon change.
OREM -- In a dream world, a cultural arts hub would be built around the SCERA theater, creating a street of artistic flavor that would be crown jewel of the county. Yes, it may be just a dream to arts-loving folks in Orem, but city leaders have been given a glimpse of what it may take -- financially, at least -- to turn a dream into reality.
This editorial appears in the June 17, 2010, Yakima Herald- Republic. It may be hard for some to imagine, but during the heyday of the Roaring '20s, when vaudeville held sway, Yakima was where top entertainers wanted to perform. And at centerstage was the Capitol Theatre.
It sounds like an institution dreamed up by Russian novelist Feodor Dostoevski. The National Museum of Crime and Punishment, opening March 19, is the latest venue in the city's vibrant Penn Quarter neighborhood. Located at 575 Seventh St. NW, the three- level attraction is being developed by Orlando, Fla., attorney and businessman John Morgan in partnership with John Walsh, host of the television show "America's Most Wanted." Mr. Morgan, who conceived the $22 million museum after a visit to Alcatraz, the San Francisco Bay federal penitentiary-turned-tourist-magnet, wants to emulate success of the International Spy Museum on nearby F Street Northwest. That popular venue has drawn 3.5 million visitors since opening in July 2002. I was knocked out by how Spy Museum was put together," he s...
Nonprofit eyes Cerrillos Road building as cheaper alternative to original proposal By Julie Ann Grimm
Our region wants to sell itself as a hub of arts and cultural activity. And judging by how difficult it's getting to pick just 10 highlights from the fall performance seasons in the Roanoke and New River valleys, we might well be on our way.
Selected from the Paris runways earlier this year, the garments comprising 'Fashion Show: Paris Collections 2006' capture the originality and excellence in design of today's top fashion houses," said Malcolm Rogers, Ann and Graham Gund Director of the MFA. "From haute couture to experimental ready-to-wear, it's clear to see that we are in the midst of one of the most exciting periods in fashion history. "We are thrilled about the diversity of the design houses," said Pamela Parmal, the MFA's David and Roberta Logie Curator of Textile and Fashion Arts, and the curator of "Fashion Show." "We have designers from Turkey to Tokyo represented in this exhibit." The "Fashion Show" exhibit runs almost concurrently with another exhibit at the MFA, "Fashion Photography," which features more than...
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